Alicante-Murcia Freeway Scenario

This code is a large-scale and high-accuracy traffic simulation scenario for SUMO (Simulator of Urban MObility), version 0.32.0 described in the following paper:

Juan Jesus Gonzalez-Delicado, Javier Gozalvez, Jesús Mena-Oreja, Miguel Sepulcre, Baldomero Coll-Perales
"Alicante-Murcia Freeway Scenario: A High-Accuracy and Large-Scale  Traffic Simulation Scenario 
generated using a Novel Traffic Demand Calibration Method in SUMO",
IEEE Access, November 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3126269
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9606704

In order to comply with our sponsor guidelines, we would appreciate if any publication using this scenario references the above-mentioned publication.

The paper presents a large-scale and high-accuracy traffic simulation scenario for SUMO traffic simulator. The scenario accurately models the traffic flow, speed and road’s occupancy for 9 full days of traffic over a 97 km freeway section. The scenario models mixed traffic with light and heavy vehicles. The simulation scenario has been calibrated using a unique dataset provided by the Spanish road authority and a novel learning-based and iterative traffic demand calibration technique for SUMO.

Contacts:

• Juan Jesus Gonzalez [jj.gonzalezdelicado@gmail.com]
• Javier Gozalvez [j.gozalvez@umh.es]
• Jesus Mena [suso.mena@gmail.com]
• Miguel Sepulcre [msepulcre@umh.es]
• Baldomero Coll-Perales [bcoll@umh.es]

Features

• Comprises 97 Km of freeway in the Mediterranean corridor.
• Include sections with two and three lanes, 36 on-ramps and 34 off-ramps.
• Approximate Average Daily Traffic (ADT) of 100.000 vehicles/day.
• Calibrated with Cadyts (1), using a novel methodology (2).
• Dataset composed of 9 days of measurements on 82 induction loops located in mainline lanes and on/off-ramps.
• Calibration of Light Vehicles and Heavy Vehicles.

Files

Common files:

• Alicante-Murcia_MW_LIMPIO_GR_CRECIENTE_beforeApril16.net.xml SUMO road network file.
• detectores_Ali-Mur_CREC_bAp16_Ord_567OK_best82_LIGEROS.xml SUMO detector file for Light Vehicles.
• detectores_Ali-Mur_CREC_bAp16_Ord_567OK_best82_PESADOS.xml SUMO detector file for Heavy Vehicles.
• detectores_Ali-Mur_CREC_bAp16_Ord_567OK_best82_MIX.xml SUMO detector file for all vehicles.
• rerouters.xml SUMO additional file to include rerouters in the road network.
• vtypes.xml SUMO additional file to define vehicle types.

Each 12 hour period is calibrated independently, having its own demand file and configuration file:

• altRoutesOutput_XXX.cal.xml SUMO demand file.
• iteration_XXX.sumocfg SUMO configuration file.

How To

The scenario is divided in 12 hour periods, each of which is calibrated independently, thus producing 18 different demand files for the 9 days dataset.

To run the scenario, place all the files above in the same directory (common files and corresponding 12 hour period files) and execute SUMO with the corresponding configuration file. For example:

sumo iteration_XXX.sumocfg

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by the Spanish Dirección General de Tráfico under Grant SPIP2017-02204, in part by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI), the State Research Agency (AEI), and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), under Projects TEC2017-88612-R and PID2020-115576RB-I00, and in part by Generalitat Valenciana under Project GV/2021/044